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Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways, commonly known as Pan Am, was the largest international air carrier and unofficial flag carrier of the U.S. from 1927. It served as one of the main air carriers in the U.S. during the Golden Age of Aviation, a time where breakthroughs in aviation revolutionized the way people fly. During this time, airline jobs, such as pilots and flight attendants, were highly admired by many, including children, and were in high demand. In order to capitalize on this demand, collector’s items such as non-airline issued Junior Wings were made which included novelty junior wings to be sold in gift shops, toy stores, or as prizes found in cereal boxes. Collector’s buttons, which were identical in size, featured the logo of 11 different U.S. airlines including Pan Am and 1 Canadian airline, were among the many novelty items sold in gift or toy shops in the 1950's.

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The Dallas Girl Scouts began in the 1920s. Over forty years later, the Dallas Girl Scout Council expanded to include the Chisholm Trail Council, creating the Tejas Girl Scouts. Ten years later, in 1970, the Tejas Girl Scouts added nine more counties making a total of twenty counties throughout Texas. One of the major foundations of Girl Scouts across the U.S. is to encourage young girls who participated in the club during their youth to later become troop leaders among the members' communities. As a whole, Girl Scout leaders spend millions of hours giving back to and helping their communities.

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The John Hancock Center is a 100-story mixed-use skyscraper located in Chicago. This skyscraper was built in the late 1960’s and was completed in 1970. In 1968, construction topped out and it was the second tallest building in the world. It is still in the top-ten of tallest buildings in the world, and is the 4th tallest building in Chicago. This building is home to several offices, restaurants, and around 700 condos.

In 2018, the John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company, the namesake of the company, asked for their name and logo to be removed from the building. John Hancock Financial financed the building and had been a tenant for a long time, but moved out of the space in 2013, which was also the year their naming rights for the building ran out. As of 2018, the current name is simply to its address, 875 North Michigan Avenue.

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Protests against the American involvement in the Vietnam War grew in scale in 1965 after the introduction of the draft. In 1968, a large outdoor concert entitled, "Composers and Musicians for Peace," was staged in New York. The same year, protesters disrupted the reelection campaign of Lyndon Johnson, ultimately leading to his departure from the race. Though many consider 1968 to be the peak of the protests, the antiwar movement continued for the duration of the Vietnam War and was a defining feature of art, music, and student life in the 1960s.

In addition to the escalating calls for peace, the 1960s also saw an increased demand to alleviate widespread poverty. To decrease starvation and poverty in the United States, President Johnson launched a “War on Poverty” by passing the Economic Opportunity Act. During his term, Johnson focused his efforts on assisting the 19 percent of Americans who lived below the poverty line through legislative action. In addition to the Economic Opportunity Act, which created eleven major initiatives like the Job Corps and Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA), Johnson also formed the Head Start, Medicare, Medicaid, and Food Stamp programs. These efforts were immediately effective and led to an 8 percent reduction in poverty rates by 1973—the lowest it has ever been since these measurements were recorded. Some of these initiatives, however, were undone by President Bill Clinton when he, along with the Republican-dominated Congress, passed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act in 1996.

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The phrase "Hugs not drugs" was adopted by retired American basketball player Al Szolack as part of his campaign to keep kids off drugs. Szolack was born in 1950 and raised in Woodbury, New Jersey. After college, he played basketball for the traveling exhibition team The Washington Generals. After Szolack’s short term basketball career, he moved to Fort Lauderdale where he worked as a bartender and bouncer. During this time Szolack’s mother suffered a fatal heart attack. He mourned the loss of his mother by self medicating with drugs and alcohol which turned into a seven year struggle. After losing friends, money, and his fiancée Carol to his drug use, Szolack, not knowing where to turn, went to his fiancée's mothers house where he admitted his addiction. She embraced him with a hug, which Szolack has repeatedly credited as the reason he was able to turn his life around. For over a decade, Szolack has run a basketball camp dedicated to helping children stay away from drugs and make positive life choices. He also reaches out to high school students throughout the state of New Jersey by giving speeches about the dangers of drug addiction.

Brooklawn is an area of Camden County, New Jersey. Within the Brooklawn area, there are several drug rehabilitation centers.

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The Church on Fire is a popular phrase in Christian culture that is a representation of an energized belief in God. It is a metaphor using the power and heat of a fire where the flame is the Holy Spirit to instill a burning desire in the church to worship. This sentiment is represented in several denominations of Christianity and was used as the theme for the song “Church on Fire” by Hillsong Worship.

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The Crop project first started in 1947, shortly after the conclusion of World War II. The project was organized by a group of farmers who wished to help war-torn regions in Europe and Asia who were experiencing hunger. The farmers would gather any surplus they could and send it to regions that need it the most.

The crop project continued to evolve, with 1969 being the first organized hunger walk in Bismarck, North Dakota. The next year, they held the same walk in York, Pennsylvania, and since then, it has been an annual event. The organization has grown in scope. While the walks were designed to raise funds to help end hunger, they are no longer just for post-war Europe and Asia, but fill hunger needs globally.

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From the mid-1980's through the 1990's, the Toledo-Lucas County Library would give out a button to each person upon joining the Summer Reading Challenge and logging their first book. Each year was a unique design. The 1998 challenge was themed Ancient Egypt and the hieroglyphics in the “READ” text featured on the pin translate to, “Unlock the secret...Read.” Also featured on the 1998 participatory pin was a cartoon historian/archeologist based on David M. Noel, a member of the marketing department at the time.